• asudoxOP
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    8 hours ago

    A meta community is supposed to be only for discussions about the instance itself. What would people from other instances need to discuss here?

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      3 hours ago

      because it affects the communities too, lots of outside accounts use the communities here

      if there’s downtime for the instance or database issues or something, then subscribers to c/programmer_humor or c/programming might want to know because it affects them too

    • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net
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      7 hours ago

      I personally always enjoy Meta update posts on other instances to see what they’re up to, how they handled a particular problem, or offer help if they need it, and welcome the same on the meta posts on my own community from non-members.

      But that’s just me.

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        6 hours ago

        Same. As an instance admin, I like to read other admins’ experiences with new version updates and being aware of possible attacks/issues in the fediverse.

        • Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org
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          5 hours ago

          As a simple user, I find it nice too to be able to know what the other instances are up to.

          Not to say there should not be a local-only community, but having the public ones are also nice